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Hummingbirds are known for their ability to flit and fly, hovering in place before darting away to a different location. Now, researchers have taken a closer look at a hummingbird’s ability to hover and have found that it hinges on the fact that the tiny bird has a completely stationary visual field.

On Friday Digital Einstein went live, bringing with it a treasure trove of Einstein letters, correspondences, postcards, and notes detailing the life of one of the world’s greatest thinkers. As The New York Times reports, these are The Dead Sea Scrolls of physics and you can read them today for free.

The body of a young killer whale was discovered Thursday near Vancouver Island by residents of Courtenay, B.C., who towed it to shore. Its death is troubling, said marine mammal researchers from the Vancouver Aquarium, as it marks the fourth recent death in the endangered southern resident population.

A Man Delivers Shark Pups In South African Beach, a video has been released that shows the incredible moment a man in South Africa pulled three live baby shark pups from their dead mother.

A New York appeals court denied a chimpanzee’s claim to the full rights of human beings Thursday, finding the primates have no “societal duties.”.

540000-year-old shell carvings may be human ancestor’s oldest art, The human ancestor Homo erectus used freshwater mussel shells tools as far back as half a million years ago and even carved decorative engravings, new findings revealed.

A false killer whale calf that was rescued at a beach near Tofino last summer is off to rehab. The big mammal named Chester has been getting critical care treatment with the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre at a special recovery pool through the help of Port Metro Vancouver.

Poachers and bush meat hunters are putting some species of giraffe in danger of extinction and the overall population has dropped by 40 per cent in the last 15 years, conservationists have warned.

Orion launch feels like old times for NASA, The countdown continues to the Orion launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Air Force Weather Officer Kathy Winters upgraded the chances for a successful Orion launch to 70 percent on Wednesday afternoon.

King Richard III’s DNA questions bloodline of royal family, Richard III’s remains continue to give up secrets the English king would probably prefer be kept buried. Since discovering his remains under a parking lot in Leicester in 2012, scientists have determined he had a bad case of roundworms and died a brutal death.

Stephen Hawking just got an artificial intelligence upgrade, Professor has launched his new communications system, developed in collaboration with Intel, which he says is “life changing”. The custom-built system, called ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit), is twice as fast as its predecessor, meaning he will double the rate at which he speaks and increase his ability to navigate around his …